Suspect dies after jump from 4th floor

A man died after jumping from the fourth floor of a building as police approached him during a domestic violence call Sunday evening, police said.

James Jefferson, 53, of the 6900 block of South Shore Drive, had an extensive history of domestic battery arrests, court records show.

He was pronounced dead at 7:15 p.m. Sunday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. An autopsy by the Cook County medical examiner's office ruled the man's death accidental.

Calumet area detectives were conducting a death investigation, police said.